Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Cute by half
Spanish translation:
pasarse de listo
Added to glossary by
Natalia Pedrosa (X)
Jul 3, 2010 16:59
13 yrs ago
English term
Cute by half
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English to Spanish
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
"On the video, Steele is seen saying of Obama: "It was the president who was trying to be cute by half by flipping a script demonizing Iraq, while saying the battle really should be in Afghanistan. Well, if he's such a student of history, has he not understood that you know that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan? All right, because everyone who has tried, over a thousand years of history, has failed. And there are reasons for that. There are other ways to engage in Afghanistan."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07...
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 3 +2 | intentaba pasarse de listo |
Natalia Pedrosa (X)
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| 4 | intentando ser demasiado listo |
Susana Jeronimo
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Change log
Jul 9, 2010 05:56: Natalia Pedrosa (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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intentaba pasarse de listo
Como yo lo veo. Suerte.
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intentando ser demasiado listo
Una definición de "cute" en Dictionary com.: obviously contrived to charm .
So if something is "too cute by half" it has overshot the charming aspect and become "cloying cute".
La opción de Natalia tambien es valedera porque mantiene el significado del idiom. Suerte
So if something is "too cute by half" it has overshot the charming aspect and become "cloying cute".
La opción de Natalia tambien es valedera porque mantiene el significado del idiom. Suerte
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